Palliative care has been identified by the Canadian province of Ontario's Ministry of Health as having fundamental developmental deficiencies. In response to these deficiencies, four initiatives were implemented in 1992: (1) education initiatives for interdisciplinary providers; (2) education initia...

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a common but relatively understudied childhood injury that can impact cognitive functioning and development. The present report describes a case study of a 14-year-old boy who sustained two consecutive sports-related mTBIs within a 24 h period. Neurocognitive fu...

The main objective of the Regional Training Centres (RTCs) is to produce well qualified personnel within the fields of health services and nursing research. Through their collaborative efforts, each of the RTCs has created opportunities for conceptual and methodological competency, knowledge synthes...

Albuminuria, which has been defined as an abnormal increase in the urinary
output of the plasma protein albumin, has become a common observation in the urine of
subjects participating in severe physical activity. Identifying the processes which have been
altered by the stimulus of exercise may be of...

In this study the authors examine the test–retest reliability and concurrent validity of the Repeat Ice Skating Test (RIST). This was an on-ice field anaerobic test that measured average peak power and was validated with 3 anaerobic lab tests: (a) vertical jump, (b) the Margaria–Kalamen stair te...

The Play it Cool Safe Hockey Program was designed to enhance the
preparation of ice hockey coaches through a structured curriculum,
delivered online. The program consists of seven learning modules which
included: sportsmanship and ethics, athlete centered/practice playing
techniques, skating skills,...

The reported 7-day dietary intake is described for 60 middle-aged and older middle-class adults aged 45-75 years. The 30 men, who apparently were mostly still moderately active (reported average energy intake for 7-day recording period 11.7 +/- 3.6 MJ/day) showed few deficiencies in the intake of ke...

This study examined how acculturative stress is influenced by social capital, age, income, education and gender in a sample of 326 Iraqi-Christians from southern Ontario, Canada. Both overall acculturative stress and its individual constructs were tested in a series of logistic regression models. Fi...

Purpose: This study explored the experiences of NICU nurses in caring for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).
Design: A qualitative research approach was used with open-ended questions employing computer-assisted personal interviews.
Sample: Fourteen NICU nurses employed in a regional...

Despite growing interest in the biomechanical mechanisms of sports-related concussion, ice hockey and the youth sport population has not been studied extensively. The purpose of this pilot study was: 1) to describe the biomechanical measures of head impacts in youth minor ice hockey players; and, 2)...

The
significance of the Internet, as a tool for health researchers has yet to be determined. Although search engines
have
been developed to use the Internet in health database information retrieval, the current practice is for health
researchers
to use the Internet as a billboard to post facts and i...

The purpose of this presentation is to describe an approach in which bivariate correlation followed by exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modelling was used to make sense of kinematic parameters for the purpose of predicting time to skate six meters. Two studies were completed in or...